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Of A Feather Avian Collective Nouns & Terms of Assembly, Group Names & Associated Terms..  With a Foreword by David Attenborough.
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Of A Feather Avian Collective Nouns & Terms of Assembly, Group Names & Associated Terms.. With a Foreword by David Attenborough.

by SEE-PAYNTON Colin (Gregynog)

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2008
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Tregynon, Newtown, Powys: Gwasg y Gregynog, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Colin SEE-PAYNTON. Limited edition, in Fine condition, 2008, 61 wood engravings. An edition limited to 150 copies of which 15 are specially bound by Julian Thomas and the remaining 135 are bound by John… Read more about this item
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl
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British Game Birds and Wildfowl

by MORRIS Beverley R. [Robinson] 1816-1883

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1855
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London: Paternoster Row: Groombridge and Sons, 1855. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. MORRIS Beverley R.. In contemporary half calf over cloth, some repairs, edges & corners worn. Spine, raised bands, blind tooling, gilt titles to black morocco label. Internally, [3], (iv) only, [1], 2-252 pp, 60 pls (coloured), ink name… Read more about this item
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Illustrations of British Birds
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Illustrations of British Birds

by MEYER H.L. [Henry Leonard] 1798-1865

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London, : Longman & Co . 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. MEYER H.L.. The vary rare First Folio (Longman) edition of one of the most valuable illustrated works on Ornithology: With over 300 superb Hand Coloured Folio Plates First edition, no date [circa 1835-1844], four volumes in 2, tall… Read more about this item
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A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds
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A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds

by MORRIS F.O. The Rev. [Francis Orpen] 1810-1893

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1864
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London: Paternoster Row: Groombridge and Sons, 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. MORRIS F.O.. With One Hundred & Fifty Four coloured plates Two volumes in purple cloth, corners rubbed. Spines, gilt titles & library nos, edges bumped. Internally Vol 1, 1864, frontis, [2], (iv), [1], 2-156 pp, 78… Read more about this item
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British Birds
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British Birds

by THORNBURN A.

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1918
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London, New York Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras. 39 Paternoster Row. & Fourth Avenue & 30th Street, New York.: Longmans, Green and Co., 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. WITH EIGHTY TWO PLATES IN COLOUR, SHOWING OVER FOUR HUNDRED SPECIES Four Volumes, mixed editions (2*4th, 2*3rd), in red cloth, gilt edge tooling, corners bumped.… Read more about this item
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[An Album of sixteen water colour and pencil drawings of game birds]
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[An Album of sixteen water colour and pencil drawings of game birds]

by ALKEN Henry 1785-1851

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Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ALKEN Henry. With Sixteen superb Water Colours An Album of sixteen water colour and pencil drawings of game birds, one unsigned, the others bearing the signature H. Alken. The drawings range from 2.5*4 inches to 10* 7.75 inches, Folio. Each drawing elaborately matted and bound into an imposing… Read more about this item
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Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds. WITH The Supplement.
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Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds. WITH The Supplement.

by MONTAGU George 1751-1815

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1st Edition
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1802
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London: Fleet Street: J. White, 1802. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With Twenty Five Bird Plates First editions, 25 pls (1 hand coloured-complete as listed), 3 vols in 2, ie 2 vol dictionary bound as 1, plus the Supplement Volume, in red half morocco over brown marbled boards, some blind… Read more about this item
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Rough Notes on the Birds observed during 20 years shooting and collecting in the British Islands.
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Rough Notes on the Birds observed during 20 years shooting and collecting in the British Islands.

by BOOTH E.T. Edward Thomas 1840-1890

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1881
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London: 6. Tenterden Street, W. and Soho Square: R.H. Porter; and Messrs. Dulau & Co., , 1881. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. NEALE E.. With 114 Hand Coloured Lithographed Plates 1881-1887, VG+, First edition, 3 volumes in the original fifteen parts, collates as per Ellis/Mengel, with 114 hand coloured… Read more about this item
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A History of British Birds.         (Land Birds & Water Birds with Both Supplements)
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A History of British Birds. (Land Birds & Water Birds with Both Supplements)

by BEWICK T. [Thomas] 1753-1828. BEILBY Ralph 1743/4-1817

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1821
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Newcastle: Pilgrim Street: T. Bewick by Edward Walker, 1821. Hardcover. Very Good. BEWICK Thomas. The first edition, in which the supplement appeared. VG+, 1821. Two volumes in long grain morocco boards, gilt edge tooling, corners & edges rubbed. Both volumes professionally re-spined, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to… Read more about this item
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A History of British Birds  [WITH] the 2 Supplements.
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A History of British Birds [WITH] the 2 Supplements.

by YARRELL William 1784-1856

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1843
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London: Paternoster Row: John Van VOORST, 1843. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. YARRELL William. 552 Illustrations, the first edition of the principal handbook on British Birds published during the 19th C. It is accurate, well written and the illustrations are excellent. Yarrell recorded his subjects in a way that became… Read more about this item
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Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs.
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Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs.

by MEYER H.L. [Henry Leonard] 1797-1865

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2nd Edition 2nd Printing
Published
1853
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London: No 1, Great Piazza, Covent Garden; 136 Strand.: G. Willis; Willis and Sotheran, 1853. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. MEYER H.L.. Near Fine, complete, 7 volumes, 1853-1857, 322 hand coloured lithographs of birds, plus, 105 hand coloured lithographs depicting 270 eggs, plus 8 uncoloured lithographs illustrating 16 figures.… Read more about this item
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A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of Their Eggs. (4 Vols)
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A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of Their Eggs. (4 Vols)

by SEEBOHM Henry 1832-1895

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First Edition
Published
1883
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London: 6 Tenterden Street, and Soho Sq, London: Published for the Author by R.H. Porter and Dulau & Co., 1883. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Henry Seebohm. First edition, complete with all 68 chromolithographed plates & 99 illustrations. 4 Volumes in uniform half dark green morocco over dark green cloth,… Read more about this item
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A History of British Birds
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A History of British Birds

by MORRIS F.O. The Rev [Francis Orpen] 1810-1893

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2nd Edition
Published
1870
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Hardcover
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London: York Street, Covent Garden: George Bell and Sons, 1870. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. MORRIS FO. 6 complete volumes WITH, attractive gilt tooling, 2nd edition, 1870, 365 hand coloured plates (as called for). VG+ in the publishers green embossed cloth, spines with gilt titles &… Read more about this item
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A History of British Birds
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A History of British Birds

by BEWICK T [Thomas] 1753-1828

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1805
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Newcastle: London.: Edward Walker. and Longman and Rees., 1805. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BEWICK Thomas. Two Vols, 3rd & 2nd editions, 1805, VG+, 414 illustrations in total. In Royal Octavo, contemporary speckled full calf, corners & edges rubbed. Spines, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to green calf… Read more about this item
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Birds of Prey
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Birds of Prey

by THORBURN Archibald 1860-1935.

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Limited Edition
Published
1990
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Soft cover
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9780951654606
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Witton Lodge, Witton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 5AS: Greyfriars Books & Prints Ltd, 1990. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Tall folio, Fine, Ltd ed, 12 pls, 1990. In a lime green portfolio, 36.5*27 cms, black ink titles to upper cover, [4], (iv) leaves, 12 leaves of… Read more about this item
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Pictures of Bird Life in Pen and Pencil
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Pictures of Bird Life in Pen and Pencil

by WATKINS The Rev MG [Morgan George] 1835-

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London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co:. Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. GIACOMELLI Hector 1822-1904. Tall folio, 15 pls, 56 illus. In half c1920 morocco, with brown cloth, some decorative blind tooling, corners and edges bumped and rubbed. Spine, blind tooling, titles in gilt to brown calf label,… Read more about this item
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Birds of Prey
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Birds of Prey"

by THORBURN Archibald 1860-1935

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1990
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Soft cover
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Witton Lodge, Witton, Norwich, Norfolk.: Greyfriars Books & Prints Ltd., 1990. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. THORBURN Archibald. A portfolio containing a facsimile of the original edition of 1919, to include, titlepage of 1990, titlepage of 1919, 2 leaf preface, limitation leaf, plate list leaf, (12) leaves of text to accompany the plates, 12 plates (all… Read more about this item
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Thomas Bewick and his pupils.
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Thomas Bewick and his pupils.

by DOBSON Austin 1840-1921

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1814
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Hardcover
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Piccadilly, London.: Chatto and Windus, 1814. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. With Ninety-Five Illustrations. Tall 4to, Limited de Luxe edition. In quarter white vellum with grey boards, corners ands edges lightly bumped and worn, some marks. Spine, has been relaid, retaining most of the old, no titles. Internally, hinges… Read more about this item
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The Bewick Collector. A Supplement (ONLY) to a descriptive catalogue of the works of Thomas and John Bewick.
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The Bewick Collector. A Supplement (ONLY) to a descriptive catalogue of the works of Thomas and John Bewick.

by HUGO Thomas 1820-1876

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First Edition
Published
1868
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Hardcover
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5, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London.: L Reeve and Co, 1868. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Thomas Bewick 1753-1828. VG, 1st Ed, 180 woodcuts. In maroon embossed cloth, gilt image center of upper cover, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, faded, titles and tooling in gilt, edges bumped… Read more about this item
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History of Quadrupeds. BOUND With Genera of British Birds.                (3 Vols bound as 2, complete)
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History of Quadrupeds. BOUND With Genera of British Birds. (3 Vols bound as 2, complete)

by [PENNANT Thomas] 1726-1798

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First Edition
Published
1781
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Hardcover
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Fleet Street, London: B White, 1781. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BANKS Joseph. Tall 8vo, VG, 71 B&W plates, 1st & 2nd eds. In contemporary full brown calf, corners and edges a little bumped and worn, some marks. Spines, have been relaid, but retaining most of the old, raised… Read more about this item
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